hyper-hinge
Did you know there's a hinge sensor in your Macbook? Three little apps. One shared hinge API.
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GITHUB · launched Sep 10, 2026 · 9 upvotes (top 80%) · 0 views
Niche: macos system utilities · 448 launches, 31 in the last 7 days ▼ -30% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Hardware & robotics
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes Reading the MacBook hinge angle sensor involves querying macOS IOKit/HID private properties in Swift and binding the resulting angles to simple desktop apps.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 168 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #163 of 169 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 212 days after the earliest competitor.
- DuoBook · github · 2026-09-10 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- hinge · github · 2026-09-10 · 74 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- HingeGlass · github · 2026-09-11 · 15 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Hinge Caliper · ph · 2026-10-24 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- lidtap · github · 2026-10-30 · 119 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- LidBendy · ph · 2026-09-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- Macbook Duo - Fold like iPhone Duo · ph · 2026-09-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- Apple-Watch-Cursor · github · 2026-10-29 · 36 upvotes · similarity 0.40
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